Review and Celebrate
Review reading and spelling CVC words with all short vowels
Practice decoding words independently
Demonstrate phonemic awareness
“My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.”
— Proverbs 4:20 (WEB)Just like learning to read words carefully, we listen carefully to God's words
Gather students in a circle. Sing a phonics warm-up song about letter sounds. Review short vowel sounds using hand motions.
Demonstrate CVC word building using letter cards. Model how to sound out words like 'cat', 'dog', 'pig'.
Students find and build CVC words hidden around the room
Simpler: Provide a word list to match
Challenge: Create words without a model
Celebrate learning by reading created words together
Dear Jesus, thank you for helping us learn to read your wonderful words.
Coming up: Tomorrow we'll review special letter teams!
“Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.”
— Psalm 119:105 (WEB)🎯 Activity: Flashlight reading - shine light on words while reciting
CVC words are three-letter words with a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern
Mixing up vowel sounds or forgetting middle letter sound
Confidence in sounding out new words
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